Caleb Femi, Rachel Long, and Monique Roffey are on the shortlist of the Rathbone Folio Prize 2021 announced on Wednesday, February 10, 2021. The Rathbones…
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Dublin International Literary Award 2021 longlist announced
Brit Bennett, Sara Collins, Bernardine Evaristo, and Colson Whitehead are on the longlist for the Dublin International Literary Award 2021 announced on February 4, 2021.…
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Akwaeke Emezi, Raven Leilani on Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2021 longlist
Akwaeke Emezi and Raven Leilani are on the longlist of the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2021 announced today, January 21, 2020. Dylan Thomas was…
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Africans feature on Rathbone Folio Prize 2021 longlist.
There are several Africans on the longlist of the Rathbone Folio Prize 2021 announced today, January 20, 2021. The Rathbones Folio Prize is a literary…
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British Science Fiction Awards 2020 longlists announced.
The longlists for the British Science Fiction Awards were announced on Saturday, January 16, 2021. The British Science Fiction Awards are literary awards presented annually…
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Chigozie Obioma is Booker Prize for Fiction 2021 judge.
Chigozie Obioma was announced as one of the judges for the Booker Prize for Fiction 2021 on December 15, 2020. The Booker Prize for Fiction…
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Warda Yassin is UK’s Women Poets’ Prize 2020 winner
Warda Yassin is one of the three winners of the Women Poets’ Prize 2020 announced in London on November 17, 2020. The other two were…
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Dorothy Koomson joins UK Society of Author’s board, sets up podcast.
Dorothy Koomson who recently joined the UK Society of Author’s board is a newly minted podcaster with The Happy Author. Dorothy Koomson described as “Britain’s…
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the Women’s Prize for Literature “Winner of Winners.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was announced the Women’s Prize for Literature “Winner of Winners” on November 11, 2020. The Women’s Prize for Fiction is the UK’s…
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Sharma Taylor is Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2020 winner
Sharma Taylor is one of the winners of the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2020 announced on October 29, 2020. Wasafiri, founded in 1984,…
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Olivia Douglass, Warda Yassin on UK’s Women Poets’ Prize 2020 shortlist.
Olivia Douglass and Warda Yassin are on the Women Poets’ Prize 2020 shortlist announced in London on October 23, 2020. The Rebecca Swift Foundation was…
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Malika Booker wins at Forward Prizes for Poetry 2020.
Malika Booker won in the single poem category the Forward Prizes for Poetry 2020 announced on October 25, 2020. The Forward Prizes for Poetry are…
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Bernardine Evaristo to chair Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021.
Bernardine Evaristo was announced as the chair of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021 on October 21, 2020. On her panel are Elizabeth Day, Vick…
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Marlon James presents “Black Leopard, Red Wolf” at Liverpool Black History Month.
Marlon James presented his newest novel Black Leopard, Red Wolf at Liverpool Black History Month on October 14, 2020. He was moderated by Irenosen Okojie.…
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Linton Kwesi Johnson shares PEN Pinter Prize 2020 with Amanuel Asrat.
Linton Kwesi Johnson shared the PEN Pinter Prize 2020 with Amanuel Asrat in a digital ceremony co-hosted by the British Library on October 12, 2020.…
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